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M
atchday 5 of the Champions League season has arrived, with plenty left to play for across Groups A to H.
Liverpool beat Ajax 1-0 at Anfield tonight to secure a spot in the last-16.
Manchester City had already qualified for the last-16, and secured top spot with a goalless draw at FC Porto.
Elsewhere tonight, a struggling Real Madrid lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk to leave their hopes of reaching the knockout stages in the balance; Inter Milan secured a vital 3-2 win at Borussia Monchengladbach, while Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 holders Bayern Munich in a tense contest between two of the favourites to win the competition this season.
Champions League scores and results
5:55pm | Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Real Madrid, Lokomotiv Moscow 1-3 RB Salzburg
8:00pm | Liverpool 1-0 Ajax, Porto 0-0 Man City, Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Inter Milan, Marseille 2-1 Olympiacos, Atletico Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich, Atalanta 1-1 Midtjylland
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Liverpool team news: Alisson out with injuryMan City team news: Torres leads the lineLive updates1606859815Full-time scores Liverpool 1-0 AjaxPorto 0-0 Man City Atletico Madrid 1-1 Bayern MunichMarseille 2-1 OlympiacosAtalanta 1-1 Midtjylland Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Inter Milan1606859749FULL-TIME | Porto 0-0 Man City |
A result to suit both teams. Manchester City are through as group winners and Porto will join them in the last-16.
1606859645FULL-TIME | Liverpool 1-0 Ajax |
It’s all over at Anfield and in Denmark, where Atalanta and Midtjylland have drawn 1-1. Liverpool are through, and through as group winners.
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90 mins: Kelleher is having an excellent night in the Liverpool goal. His latest sharp stop is to keep out a Klass-Jan Huntelaar header from close range.
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A let off for Inter! Plea thinks he’s completed his hat-trick with a wonderfully-placed effort but VAR rules it out because a player in front of the goalkeeper is adjudged to be interfering from an offside position.
Elsewhere, Thomas Muller has equalised for Bayern against Atletico from the penalty spot.
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Goal disallowed!
Man City thought they’d finally broken through, Gabriel Jesus seeing his header tipped onto the post and then tapping home the rebound. But VAR spots an offside in the warm-up and it’s chalked off.
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76 mins: I don’t believe it. Raheem Sterling cannot catch a break. The Englishman gets across the near post and his flick is heading into the back of the net until it is hooked off the line - by his own teammate Ruben Dias!
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79 mins: Liverpool are just over ten minutes away from a big win, but their hopes of winning the group tonight are hanging by a thread because Atalanta have just equalised against Midtjylland through Christian Romero. Another goal would mean Liverpool still needing a point on the final day to be sure of finishing top.
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London bus stuff for Marseille - Payet steps up to dispatch another excellent spot kick.
Inter Milan do not like making things easy for themselves, though. Having just set up a goal at one end, Sanchez gives away possession and is punished as Plea makes it 3-2 and gives Borussia Monchengladbach hope.
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Made in Manchester! Alexis Sanchez squares for Lukaku to get his second in a few minutes and it looks like Inter Milan are going to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
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